Neverending rain

Ugh its rained like 14 of the last 17 days according to my made up statistical analysis. Oh well July showers mean August.. um cloudbursts prob hmph. Anyway its always humid and i might as well have jumped in the pool at the finish of each run- including an easy 4.5 mile run like today oiy. So many drenched shirts and shorts.

Yesterday was good- my knee seems to be getting marginally better even though ive been running more- hopefully the strap helps it some. Did 4 easy with Merritt in the am- she is still dealing with her side being sore a lot- i think we have to try and get her to keep her shoulders steady when she runs which could be difficult but we can do it. I tried to run like that a couple days a go and today a little and it is impossible. Plus your torso twists so much its no wonder her side hurts.

The afternoon run yesterday was with Darin we ran straight over to HH plus half a loop for warmup. Then did 2 loops steady he started the first 15 or so seconds a little fast which made me have to go a little faster to get in front heh so the first hill was like 1:13 rather than the normal 1:17ish. So the first half loop was 3:55 and the total loop was 7:45- too fast obv but im not going to lie it was very easy so that is good def. The second loop was alittle tougher like normal effort instead of easy effort the hill was def slower haha but the half loop was the same and the total was 7:42 for the second loop i picked it up a touch in the last minute. So 15:27 total which is a good sign its nice to feel good and run faster. Next week 3 loops with the goal of 24:00 which should be doable i think.

Then today was the aforementioned easy 4.5 we(and by that I mean I) did some solid stopping for raspberries on the way back. They were good of course. Did 2 out and back plus loop around pond. It was puddly obv. Saw a relatively tame deer on the pond loop btw. Then did 8 relatively painful strides with the flats on. They ranged from a slow of 20.9 blech on the first and were mostly in the 18. range. I think i will wear trainers for the 2 mile next week and then hopefully can wear the flats for the 5k in 2 weeks.

56 miles in 12! runs this week. I didnt even know i did 12 runs until i looked at the calendar today heh. Of course that means a lot of short runs but thats ok i always do better with more doubles anyway. Slowly build up although i want to keep it in the mid 50s for 2 more weeks anyway. Now hopefully ill get some marginally good race results(after all this marginally good training lol that should match up)